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A common denominator for anyone and everyone walking in the door of our facility is a lack in strength or stability in particular areas of the body. Aesthetically, people want to know if they’ll get bigger (insert body part here), but realistically, two that are tremendously important should get better. Without further adieu, here they […]

This past year has been a roller coaster for sure. I have accomplished many life goals, changed things that I never thought I would change, and accepted life curveballs. Here is a quick recap of 2017. I made a couple of small life goals in 2017 that would help give me a hobby, something that […]

I was asked the other day by one of my athletes what the ideal body mass was for helping his performance. Now, this could be answered a number of ways. According to “Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning” the text for the NSCA-CSCS, this individual should present with 11-13% body fat being a baseball player. […]

This is a guest post from one of my interns from the summer and current sports performance coach. Kathy is a very intelligent and driven individual who has donated her time around a hectic schedule to Young Performance. She aspires to bridge the gap between PT and performance and has some really good ideas. You […]

At Young Performance, we use a number of tactics to create greater power output for the athlete. Power, simply, is just the ability to produce force in an instant. So when we think of power, we think of things like jumps in a variety of fashions. In reality, I should start off by saying that […]

In this guest post from one of my summer interns and current sport performance coaches, Jake Schofield, he talks about protein and it’s importance. Jake has created a niche here with the obesity epidemic and has created some strategies to attack. If you would like to know more I encourage you to follow his blog […]

There are a number of different views on protein intake and everyone seems to be selling some, so which is going to fit your lifestyle? Let’s take a closer look and hopefully make the protein choice a little easier. First off, what even is protein? Protein is a collection of amino acids strung together into […]